Governance Development Marketplace in Cameroon : Lessons Learned
Governance is a major challenge to Cameroons development. Weak governance affects most economic transactions and hampers delivery and quality of services. Based on Cameroon’s development strategy (as expressed in the 2035 vision and the 2009 growth...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24788090/governance-development-marketplace-cameroon-lessons-learned http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22396 |
| Summary: | Governance is a major challenge to
Cameroons development. Weak governance affects most economic
transactions and hampers delivery and quality of services.
Based on Cameroon’s development strategy (as expressed in
the 2035 vision and the 2009 growth and employment
strategy), the objective of the World Bank 2010-2014 Country
Assistance Strategy (CAS) is to boost inclusive growth,
through increased competitiveness and improved service
delivery. Governance is a cross-cutting theme in the CAS and
for World Bank operations. To support the governance agenda
in Cameroon, the World Bank has mobilized funds through the
multi-donor Governance Partnership Facility (GPF) for the
Banking on Change Governance Program in Cameroon (hereafter
the ‘Governance Program’), which became active in March
2010. The objective of the GPF-funded Governance Program is
to increase transparency, accountability, and participation
related to key governance issues in selected sectors in
Cameroon. This report describes output, lessons, and
conclusions from the GDM component. GDM’s main output, the
Development Marketplace (DM), is described in detail and
results and lessons learned are described for both the DM
and the GDM as a whole. Other activities under the GDM
include a large knowledge sharing event, support to a
South-South exchange and seven DM finale debates. Sources
for the report include written material (e.g. Catholic
Relief Services’ (CRS) evaluation report of GDM, summaries
of financed activities, feature stories, GDM Finale event
guide) and interviews with GDM participants and World Bank staff. |
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